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ABSTRACT
Coulometry is an electroanalytical method used to measure the quantity of electricity
used in either to transform the substance in a redox reaction or to produce a reactant in an
analytical reaction and is based by on the Faraday’s Law. The experiment aims to calculate the
amount of ascorbic acid using coulometric titration with electrogenerated iodine. A mixture of
NaNO3, KI, starch indicator, and the aliquot of the ascorbic sample with a red carbon electrode
in the solution attached and a crucible also containing the NaNO3 and KI solution but with the
black carbon electrode inside the solution was titrated together until it the solution reached a
purple color. The time on which the reaction is completed is recorded and is marked as the end
point of the titration. Based on the time recorded, the amount of ascorbic acid was calculated.
Results show that an average mol of Vitamin C or ascorbic acid was computed to be 1.918x10 -5
mol with a percentage error of 35.17%. Possible sources of error are personal errors and
instrumental error.
60 𝑠𝑒𝑐
= 1.419𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
2. 9: 44 𝑚𝑖𝑛 (
1 𝑚𝑖𝑛
) = 540 + 44 =
548 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 EXPERIMENTAL VALUE OF MOL VIT C
2. a.
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
60 𝑠𝑒𝑐
3. 6: 29 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ( 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ) = 360 + 29 = (389 𝑠)(0.00804)(96,487 2𝑐)(2 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑒2− )( 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 )
2
2. b.
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
60 𝑠𝑒𝑐
4. 7: 33 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ( 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ) = 420 + 33 = (215 𝑠)(0.00804)(96,487 2𝑐)(2 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑒2− )( 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 )
2
2. c.
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
MEAN TIME (453 𝑠)(0.00804)(96,487 2𝑐)(2 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑒2− )( 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼 )
2
= 1.887𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
6: 55 + 9: 44 + 6: 29 + 7: 33
= 7: 40 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠
4 2. d.
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼2 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼2 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
(584 𝑠)(0.00804)( )( − )( )
96,487 𝑐 2 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑒 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐼2
415 + 548 + 389 + 453 = 2.433𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
= 460 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠
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AVERAGE MOL VIT C (EXPERIMENT)
Q-TEST AT 95% CONFIDENCE
INTERVAL 1.621𝑥10−5 + 1.729𝑥10−5 + 1.887𝑥10−5 + 2.433
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TIME, in increasing order
389 seconds
415 seconds = 1.918x10-5 mol Vit C
453 seconds
PERCENTAGE ERROR
584 seconds
1.918𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶 − 1.419𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
584 − 453 𝑥 100
𝑄= = 0.6718 1.419𝑥10−5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑉𝑖𝑡 𝐶
584 − 389
% 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 35.17%
Number of
Computed
Observatio Q95
Q
ns
4 0.829 0.6719